• 3.1. Browsing Subjects
• 3.2. Searching for subjects

3. Finding law about a subject

The aim of this section is to help you find legal materials on any subject matter.

3.1. Browsing Subjects

If a Subjects page is available for the information for which you are looking, you should use it. It may be easier than trying to construct searches using search engines - it depends on the subject matter.

1. Go to the Categories >> Subjects page:
   • Does it include subject pages for your topics of interest? If so, inspect them.
   • On any Subjects page, check if there is an Other Indexes subcategory, as it may reveal other good indexes.
2. Task: From the Categories >> Subjects >> Insolvency & Bankruptcy pages, find materials on cross-border insolvency.

3.2. Searching for subjects

On each page of World Law there is a choice between searching

• All World Law (the default option)
• Only World Law... (the specific sites on your chosen category page)
• All WorldLII (the integration of the SINO search engine over AustLII, BAILII, CanLII, PacLII, HKLII, World Law and related LIIs)
• Law on Google (the integration of World Law with Google's search engine)

1. Go to the Subjects >> Primary Industry >> Fisheries page. Try to find legal materials on the issue of fishing. Compare the results from each of the search scope options available from World Law.
2. Search All World Law for webpages that deal with your first subject of interest. Query:
   • Are you sure you are searching everything in World Law?
   • Is any of these words the correct search option, or should you change it?
   • Inspect your search results. What do the percentages mean? How many web pages and how many categories were found?
   • Search across the remaining search options - Only World Law [name of subject]; All WorldLII; Law on Google?
3. Now repeat these searches for your second subject of interest.